Maryland Subject | Attorney General

Altering the maximum civil penalty that may be assessed against a person for a violation of the Maryland Antitrust Act from $100,000 to $10,000 for each violation; and providing that each day a violation of the Act continues is a separate violation.[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Altering the maximum civil penalty that may be assessed against a person for a violation of the Maryland Antitrust Act from $100,000 to $10,000; and providing that each day a violation of the Act continues is a separate violation.[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Prohibiting a peer-to-peer car sharing program from delivering or issuing in the State a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement containing a collision damage waiver, unless the peer-to-peer car sharing program uses a certain collision damage waiv...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Altering the definition of "campaign material" to include certain material that is disseminated and certain qualifying paid digital communications; altering the definition of "public communication" to include certain qualifying paid digital communica...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Altering the definition of "campaign material" to include certain material that is disseminated and certain qualifying paid digital communications; altering the definition of "public communication" to include certain qualifying paid digital communica...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Requiring each State department, agency, and program to provide equal access versions of certain websites in certain languages except under certain circumstances; repealing a certain provision of law providing that the reasonable steps certain depart...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Requiring a certain distributor of controlled dangerous substances to report certain suspicious orders to the Maryland Department of Health and the Office of the Attorney General; authorizing a certain distributor to satisfy a certain reporting oblig...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Requiring a certain distributor of controlled dangerous substances to report certain suspicious orders to the Maryland Department of Health and the Office of the Attorney General; authorizing a certain distributor to satisfy a certain reporting oblig...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Altering the definition of "unfair or deceptive trade practice" to be "unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice"; providing that the purpose of the Act is to support enforcement by and funding of the Office of the Attorney General and the Commiss...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Altering the definition of "unfair or deceptive trade practice" to be "unfair, abusive, or deceptive trade practice"; providing the purpose of the Act is to support enforcement by and funding of the Office of the Attorney General and the Commissioner...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Authorizing the Securities Commissioner of the Division of Securities of the Office of the Attorney General to bring a civil action for damages against a certain person that violates certain provisions of law on behalf of a certain person; authorizin...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Requiring $100 of the annual fees as well as the late fees paid by a charitable organization for failure to timely file a registration that are collected by the Secretary of State to be distributed to the Charitable Enforcement Fund, to be used to su...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Providing that a certain applicant or licensee is subject to a certain minority business participation goal established by the Special Secretary for the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs; requiring a certain certification agency, ...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Providing that a certain applicant or licensee is subject to a certain minority business participation goal established by the Special Secretary for the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs; requiring a certain certification agency, ...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Altering the applicability of certain security breach investigation and notification requirements to certain businesses; prohibiting a certain business from charging a certain owner or licensee of computerized data a fee for providing information tha...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Establishing the Drug Cost Commission to determine how to make prescription drugs more affordable for State residents, State and local government, commercial health plans and other stakeholders within the State; requiring the Commission to create an ...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Increasing from 60 to 90 the number of days within which the Department of Natural Resources is required to hold a hearing for a person who holds an authorization to catch oysters and receives a citation for a certain offense; establishing that the D...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

2018-04-09Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation

Authorizing certain home improvement retailers to obtain the full contract price of a home improvement contract before or at the time of execution of the contract under certain circumstances; requiring certain home improvement retailers to post an ir...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Increasing from one-third to one-half the maximum portion of a home improvement contract price that a person may receive as a deposit before or at the time of execution of the home improvement contract.[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Prohibiting multimember delegate districts; creating the General Assembly and Congressional Legislative Redistricting and Apportionment Commission; requiring the Commission to divide the State to create certain General Assembly legislative districts ...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Prohibiting certain employers from requiring an applicant for employment to disclose certain information regarding the criminal record of the applicant, conducting a certain criminal history records check, or taking other certain action before a cond...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Requiring certain employers that provide to employees a free parking space or a parking subsidy to establish a certain parking cash-out program; authorizing an employer to provide certain employees with a combination of certain passes, certain subsid...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Prohibiting a certain person from advertising, allowing to be advertised, or calling to public attention a Schedule I controlled dangerous substance; authorizing the Attorney General to initiate a civil action against any person who violates the Act ...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Making permanent the Community Solar Energy Generating System Program; altering the definition of "qualified energy resources" as it relates to the clean energy production income tax credit; establishing the Maryland Megawatt Block Program in the Pub...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Providing that an official of State government or a local government is immune from criminal and civil liability for refusing to provide information to the federal government or another state that will be used for certain purposes; stating it is the ...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Providing that an agreement by a foreign worker to waive certain rights is void as contrary to public policy; requiring an individual to be licensed by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry before the individual may perform a foreign labor contracti...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Establishing the Task Force to Study Law Enforcement Surveillance Technologies for the purpose of reviewing the current and planned use of surveillance technology by law enforcement agencies in the State, including certain matters; requiring State ag...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Requiring an escrow agent to deposit trust money into an escrow trust account within a certain period of time; requiring that an escrow trust account be kept only for trust money and be kept separately from an escrow agent's other accounts; prohibiti...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Requiring the Attorney General to create and maintain an itemized budget system for the accounting and use of funds spent in furtherance of lawsuits against the federal government; specifying that the itemized budget system shall be made available to...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Repealing the rebuttable presumption that an employer that fails to keep certain records or refuses to allow the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to inspect certain records has violated certain provisions of law; repealing a requirement that the Co...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Prohibiting, except under certain circumstances, the performance or inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion unless a certain determination as to the probable age of the unborn child is made by a certain physician; providing t...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Requiring the Governor to appropriate at least $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, in addition to the Governor's appropriation in the State budget to the Office of the Attorney General, to be used for certain purposes.[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Authorizing certain home improvement retailers to obtain the full contract price of a home improvement contract before or at the time of execution of the contract under certain circumstances; requiring certain home improvement retailers to post an ir...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Proposing an amendment to the Maryland Constitution to authorize the General Assembly to create an Aggravated Murder Court that shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction over all presentments or indictments for offenses previously punishable by ...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Prohibiting a certifying provider, dispensary, processor, or grower from advertising marijuana or medical cannabis in any manner not allowed under federal law for advertisements of tobacco or tobacco products; requiring the Office of the Attorney Gen...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Prohibiting multimember delegate districts; creating the General Assembly and Congressional Legislative Redistricting and Apportionment Commission; requiring the Commission to divide the State to create certain General Assembly legislative districts ...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Establishing the Drug Cost Review Commission; providing for the purpose of the Commission; providing for the membership of the Commission; requiring certain conflicts of interest to be disclosed and considered when appointing members to the Commissio...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Authorizing the Attorney General or a certain Deputy Attorney General or the Director of the Criminal Division of the Office of the Attorney General to issue a certain subpoena in any county in the State for a certain purpose; authorizing the service...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Authorizing a county or municipality to conduct a third-party audit of certain sexual assault cases; requiring a county or municipality to arrange a third-party audit of sexual assault cases when the percentage of unfounded sexual assault cases excee...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Authorizing the Attorney General or a certain Deputy Attorney General or assistant Attorney General to issue a certain subpoena in any county in the State for a certain purpose; requiring the Attorney General or a Deputy Attorney General or an assist...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Providing that an agreement by a foreign worker to waive certain rights is void as contrary to public policy; requiring an individual to be licensed by the Commissioner before the individual may perform a foreign labor contracting service in the Stat...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Prohibiting an employer from requiring, as a condition of employment or continued employment, an employee or a prospective employee to join or remain a member of a labor organization, pay charges to a labor organization, or pay a certain amount to a ...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Requiring certain employers to provide certain employees an opportunity to use a certain pre-tax transportation fringe benefit; authorizing an employee to file a written complaint with the Commissioner of Labor and Industry under certain circumstance...[Detail][Text][Discuss]

Authorizing a county or municipality to conduct a third-party audit of certain sexual assault cases; requiring a county or municipality to arrange a third-party audit of sexual assault cases when the percentage of unfounded sexual assault cases excee...[Detail][Text][Discuss]